Class#5 Greetings

●#7 concerning Japan from the text on page 7

a How do you greet members of your family?
-I live by myself. So I greet with my hamily when I call them or I come back my parents home. I say "Hello!!" or "I'm home" and so on.

b Are the customs the same all over your country?
-I think the costoms are almost same all over my country, but there are some difference at each area.

c How do you greet people who are important in society?
-I greet with shaking hands and a bow.

d Do people greet people of the opposite sex in a different way?
-No, they don't. I greet people of the opposite sex in same way everytime.

e How do people greet someone they've just met?
-People greet with a bow or waving a hand. Maybe People don't shake hands.

f Do you hug members of your family?
-No, I don't. Japanese are very shy character.

Class#4 World Religions

How do you greet people in your life? Is is different for different people? How so and why? Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?

I greet everyone with a bow. If the person is I have never met before, I greet with shake hands. This way is Japanese custom so most of Japanese do same things.I touch people when I talk to them if the partner is too close to me. Because I think it makes a friendship.

Class#2 Buddhism

1. How is your daily life affected by Buddhism? What do you do and why do you do it?

When I meet people in first time, I say "Nice to meet you" and shake hands and bow. When I eat meal, I generally use chopsticks.There are alot of Japanese event all the year around, for example, New year's Day, the Doll's Festival, the Child's Festival so on. These things are Japanese costom and habit so I have done these things since old days.